Carrier.



PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907.

V. FILTEAU.

CARRIER.

APPLIOATION IILED mm: 1a, 1906.

2 SHEBTSSHEET 1.

27 R0250? Fz'izaw.

Wag] A Inventor.

Witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' CARRIER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR FILTEAU, o'f-the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec'and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. r e My invention relates to carriers particularly adapte to be used in connection with printing presses and is designed as an improvement upon myvTSTPatent No. 817,842, dated April 17th,-19 06.

In the press rooms of manynewspapers, and espe-' cially in those located in the congested districts of large cities, adequate floor space is often unavailable, and it has heretofore been found impossible to install automatic newspaper carriers owing to the limited space between the delivery mechanism bf the I press and the adjacent walls of the room. Moreover, many presses deliver one edition of a newspaper in quarter fold and another edition in half fold, thus necessitating the attachment of asubsidiary folding mechanism. Papers delivered in quarter fold are usually ejected from the press .at right angles to those delivered in half fold, and a carrier that would operate with the former delivery would not operate with the latter. It has been found practicable to install carriers to convey papers in a direct line or at 180 degrees to the ejecting mechanism; but, to my knowledge, it has never been possible to install a carrier to operate successfully at right angles to the delivery mechanism.

One of the main objects of this invention is to provide means for transferring the folded papers in overlapped relation from the press ejecting mechanism onto a carrier traveling at right angles to said ejecting mechanism, in order that a single conveyer may be used for carrying papers either in quarter or half fold.

, taneously.

A further object is to provide means for so directing the course of the horizontal carrier that papers may be conveyed in an angular direction to the line of delivery from the vertical carrier. e i

To accomplish these objects, I provide a double belt carrier which may be positioned in the most convenient" relation to the press, but preferably in line with the ejecting mechanism of either the quarter or halffold delivery. To cooperate with this carrier, 1 provide a subsidiary conveyer traveling at right angles to said carrier and operating toreceive the folded papers from the press and deliver them onto said carrier in over- Specifieation of. Letters latent. Application filed June 13,1906. Serial No; 321,461.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

lapping relation. The speed of the subsidiary conveyer corresponds to the speed of the press, while that of the carrier proper is considerably slower in'order that the papers may be carried in overlapping relation.

The regulation of the various speeds, however, is well known in the art. The vertical standards of the carrier proper may, if desired, be given part of a turn in order to .carry the papers at an angle varying from zero to 90 degrees to the angle of delivery. I further provide the carrier with adjustable fingers or other suitable device adapted to direct the papers onto a suitabledelivery mechanism on various floors for further distribution.

- In the drawings which illustrate my invention:-

Figure l is a general elevation of the device and shows of the belts. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a floor delivery device in inoperative position to allow the papers to be carried past the floors. Fig. 6 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 5 showing the device in operative position for delivering the papers from the belt to the floor conveyer. Referring to the drawings, 5 designates the tubular framework for supporting the carrier, and is similar to that shown in my former patent above referred to. Under certain conditions it may be desirable to carry the papers diagonally across the press room to a distributing 'point, and under such circumstances, instead of arranging the vertical supports 5 in parallel relation, they are given an angular turn, as shown in the left hand side of Fig. 1. The framework is of such a character that this may be accomplished with facility, and the carrier is thus givenan angular turn which may vary from zero to 90 degrees. Tl1e newspaper folder 6, located on the floor of the press room, is shown in dotted outline, and the fioor of the first story above is represented at 7. The car rier consists of double belts of theusual type, which travel upwardly to the ceiling of any floor, and are then carried horizontally along the ceiling and downwardly to the points of distribution. The ascending carrier belts are represented by the numerals 8, the horizontal carriers by '9, and the descending carriers by 10. The carriers 9 and 10 are adapted to be tight-' -ened and held taut by the rollers 9" and 10, respectively, while the'belts 8 may be similarly tightened by means fully explained in my former Patent No. 817,842. The belts 8, 9, and 10, pass over the pulleys 11 as shown in Fig. 1. One of the descending carrier belts is divided'into sectionslO", which sections pass ov'erthe pulleys 12 located adjacent to the floor upon which it is desired to deliver the papers for distributionr v e lit the floors of each distributing-point, are located the horizontal delivery belts l3 which are stretched .shown in Fig. 6.- iWhen it-is desired to carrythe papers to'the floor below, the fingers maybe swung back'in inoperativeposition, as shown in Fig. 5.1

'Tli'e'de'vice in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, for transferring 15 i the' papers from the folder at right angles to the carrier belts, consists of an Ii-shapedgframe'w'ork 16, one" arm of which .pro jects'nnder, the paper folder'G, This arm is providedwitha pair of rolls'l9 having thereona gear whe'el17in mesh with the gear 18'on the folder Three bolts 21 are stretched over the rolls .19. A thirdroll "19 is positioned-above the rollliland carries two' belts 21, which are in contact with thebeltsili and pass over the pulleys 20. The rollil'il is provided with of the framework 16 is providd at each ,endiwitha roller 22, over'which an apron 23 is str'etched, 1

" at right angles to the-belts 21 and21 andata slightly lower level. A plurality of guard fingers 24"are fixed to the framework 16 and extend across the belt 23 and are then bent upwardly to lie in the same plane' and parallel with the contactinglportionsof the belts 21 and 21. The ends of the fingers 24 are bent upwardly and are-attached to the cross'rod 25, fixed to-[the frameworkabout the middlejof the belts 2'1 A, guard 26 is attachedto the framework 16 'oppositethe carrier belts 21., One of the rolls 22 carries atfits outer. end,

1 19 and are carried between the belts 21 and 21 to be a pulley 28 which is connected to the pulley 28 of the vertical carrier belts by stream of the driving 5 belt27. f

The operation of my device is as followsz 'lhe are received'fr'om the folder 6 between the rolls l9 and transferred onto the belt 23; The belts 21 and 21 travel at the same speed as the folder, carrying the papers in spaced relation. The belt 23, however','i s arranged to travel more slowly than the belts 21 and '21 so that the papers are laid upon the belt'23 in overlapped relation and are thus transferred to'the ascending carrier. The papers are guided on to the apron 23". by means of'the fingers 24 and are maintained in position by means of said fingers and the guard 26. The papers are carried upwardly between the vertical ascending belts 8, which may ifdesired be given an angular turn, and are conveyed along the horizontal carriers 9 to thedescending belts 10. If it is desired to deliver part'oi the issue on the first, or anybther floor, for distribution,

. the fingers 15 are swung into operative position, as

shown in Fig. 6, arid the papers will be carried on to the delivery belts 13, there tobe stacked or piled, as fully described in my U. S; Patent No. 817,892. If it is desired to carry the whole or part of the issue to a distributing floor below, the fingers 15 are swung'backwardly out of operation and the papers'will be carried in overlapped position past the gap between the pulleys anddownto the floor below sary to illustrate the framework further than that shownin the left hand end of Fig. 1; nor has it been considered necessary to illustrate the driving mechanism or gearing oi the various belts as this has been fully illustrated and explained in my former patent above. referred to. i 1 The advantages of this device .will be obvious to those accustomed to handling'newspapers or. similar articles. The press delivers the papers at a very high "rate'of spefed,and, while carriers have been installed to operate in direct line with the ejecting mechanisng' it traveling at right angles thereto without danger of locking the newspaper ejecting mechanism. .With

rhyideyice a single carrier'may be adapted tocarry invention'so that the "same may be readily understood by those ski lled'in the t, to which it appertains', what I claim and desire to v se'ure Letters Patent, is 2-- "fz'ontally disposed Irshaped framework-having belt'con- -veyers mounted .thereon and traveling at right'angles to each other, means for transferring papers in over-lapping obi-deer from-one pf said conveyers to the other, a verically dispds'ed carrier mounted conveyors, and means for changing the angular direction .of said carrier in its ascent. p

'2. A device of the character described comprising a. horizontal L-shaped framework, belt: conveyors mounted at for transferring papers in over-lapping relation from one conveyer'to the other, a vertically disposed carrier travelm idline with one of said conveyer's, said vertical carrier being mounted -on supports so disposed as to change the angular directidn of'travel or saidcarrier '3; In a deviceof the character described a horizontally disposed-conveyer adapted to receive papers from a print-' I ing press, a second horizontally disposed conveyor traveling' out of linel-with' the flrstconveyer, means for transferring papers in over-lapping order from the first to the second conveyor, 11 vertical carrier adjacent the end of thesecond conveyer said carrier being mounted'on a pair of supports so disposed as to change the angular direction of said carrier in its ascent, and door delivery means cooperating with said carrier.

4. 'A device of. the character described comprising a hori zontally. disposed L-shaped fram-rwork having belt conveyers mounted thereon and traveling at right angles to each other, a vertically disposed carrier mounted in line with one of said conveyers, means for changing the angular direction of said carrier in itsvascent, and floor delivery means coiiperating with said carrier. I

5. In a deviceof-the class described, a'd'ouble beltjconveyer adaptedtoreceivejpap ers from the ejecting mechanism of a printing. press, a second conveyor traveling at right angles .thereto, means or transferring papers from the first to the second conveyor in over-lapped relation, a

- ed in Figs. 5 and 6.- It has not been considered neceshas not-heretofore been practicable to install a carrier 80.

newspapers away from either a quarter-or half folding k i may be installed to operate 1. A.device of the character described comprising a hori j' in line with one of said right angles to each other upon said framework, means 110.

in its ascent.

double belt Carri er traveling in line with the second conveyer, and floor delivery means cooperating withsaid car- 1 rier.

(i. A device of the class described comprising a pair of double belt conveyers traveling at right angles to each other, a carrier mounted in line with one of said conveyers, and a plurality of floor delivery mechanisms cooperating with said carrier. 5 i

7. A device of the class described comprising an L- -shaped framework having double belt conveyers mounted thereon and traveling at right angles to each other, a carrier mounted'in line with one of said conveyers, and adjustable floor delivery devices cooperating with said carrier.

- 8. A device of the class described comprising an L- shaped framework having belt conveyers mounted thereon and traveling at right angles to each other, means for transferring the papers in over-lapped relation from one arm of the framework to the other, a carrier mounted in line with one of said conveyers, and'adjustable floor delivery devices cooperating with said carrier. V

9. A device of the class described comprising a horizontal L-shaped framework, helt conveyers mounted at right angles to each other upon said framework, means for transferring papers in overlapped relation from one coneyer to the other, a carrier traveling in line with one of said conveyers, and adjustable delivery fingers cooperating with said carrier.

10. A device of the class described comprising a horizontal L-shaped framework, 9. double belt conveyer mounted on one arm of said conveyer, a second conveyer mounted on the other arm of said framework, means for transferring papers in overlapped relation from the first to the second conveyer, a carrier mounted in line with said second conveyer, and adjustable floor delivery fingers c0- operating with said carrier.

11. A device of the class described comprising a conveyer mounted in line with the ejecting mechanism of a printing press, a second conveyor traveling at right angles thereto, means for transferring papers in over-lapped relation from the first to the second conveyer, a carrier mounted in line with said second conveyer, and adjustable lioor delivery fingers adapted to deliver papers from said carrier intermittently to a plurality of distributing stations.

In'witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR FILTEAU. 

